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184639274New York: Greeley & McElrath 1846. Early if not 1st US publication of this Dickens' letter reprinted from the London Daily News cf. NCBEL III 822. Disbound. Leaves separated along spine fold. Edge rash. Fold-lines. An About VG copy. Dickens letter occupies 1.4 columns 26-3/4 column-inches on the front page center. Entire newspaper 4 pp in length 7 columns per page. Elephant folio. 21-5/8" x 17-1/4" <br/><br/> Greeley & McElrath unknown books
186336863London 1863. 1st printing. Original buff paper wrappers with front wrapper & spine printed in red blue & black. Slight lean modest wear. Faint pos to top margin of front wrapper. A VG copy. 14 96 10 adverts pp. Text double column. Dickens' piece pp 48 - 61. Dickens' piece illustrated with 6 cuts by Crane. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>A very early illustrative effort by Crane Masse informs us that the first book to have Crane illustrations was just a year prior 1862. unknown books
185932705New York 1859. Early if not 1st US publication of this Dickens' letter reprinted from Yates' 1859 privately-printed pamphlet cf. NCBEL III 830 & 1083. Disbound. Splitting along vertical fold. Horizontal fold-line. Some edge rash and expected yellowing to paper. A VG copy. Dickens letter occupies 4-1/2 column inches above the fold on the front page. Entire newspaper 8 pp in length 6 columns per page. Elephant folio. 22-1/4" x 15-1/4" <br/><br/>A contemporaneous publication of Dickens' 24 November 1858 letter to Thackeray attempting to mediate the Garrick club brouhaha that sprung up between Thackeray & Edmund Yates a Dickens' protege of sorts. As a result of this conflict Dickens & Thackery became estranged not speaking again until shortly before Thackeray's death in 1863 cf. Johnson TRAGEDY And TRIUMPH pp 931 - 936. unknown books
18347642.1Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie 1834. 1st appearance thus Edgar & Vail p. 15; Gimbel E162. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper boards professionally rebacked with new eps. Usual foxing. A few proud gatherings. Professionally repaired tear on title leaf. Withal a VG copy. 416 pp. Text triple column. Dickens' work pp. 136 - 138. 4to. 11-3/8" x 9-1/8" <br/><br/>Herein we find Dickens' second essay reprinted from London's Monthly Magazine which for a time was billed as his first US appearance in print however we now know this Dickens' second appearance with a US publisher preceded only by appearances in the Albion. A scarce item. Printed and Published by Adam Waldie hardcover books
1837144181837. By Boz. With Other Tales and Sketches by other authors from Bentley's Miscellany and The Library of Fiction. Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Blanchard 1837. Original drab boards with rose cloth spine and printed label. First Edition of this early collection of tales by various authors -- which constitutes one of Dickens's earliest American appearances in book form. According to Podeschi 2000 copies were printed in April 1837. This Dickens tale was not collected in an all-Dickens volume until ten years after his death -- in THE MUDFOG PAPERS 1880. Also included in this volume is "An Evening of Visits" by "J. Fennimore Cooper Esq. sic". This volume is in very good-plus condition closed tear in front free endpaper rose cloth faded as always slight rubbing of the spine label; one cannot encounter these Philadelphia volumes from the 1830s in much better condition. Podeschi Yale B44; Carr U of Texas B551. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1837141491837. Together with Other Tales by Distinguished Writers. Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1837. Original light grey-green boards with red cloth spine and printed label. First American Edition being a volume in the "Library of Fiction" limited to 1000 copies issued in January 1837. The volume consists of the title tale by Dickens followed by nine other tales by other writers. This is the only one of "Boz"'s tales that having appeared in a British periodical did not then appear in one of the two book series of SKETCHES BY BOZ see Smith I p. 15 note 2. Instead it appeared in the British "Library of Fiction" in April 1836 and was not included in SKETCHES BY BOZ until that title was issued in monthly parts Nov 1837 through June 1839. In America Carey Lea & Blanchard published SKETCHES BY BOZ second series a month or two after this -- not including "Tuggs's" -- and then combined "Tuggs's" into a reprint of that volume in June of the same year. This is a good-plus copy general soil and edge-wear notably to the rear joint label rubbed but still legible half of rear free endpaper missing. This is acceptable condition for a book that is so scarce in its original binding -- as these 1830s Philadelphia volumes were bound up using extremely delicate cheap materials. Podeschi Yale B1; Wilkins p. 11 reference to the "Select Library of Fiction". Housed in a clamshell case with leather label. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18657704New York: Ticknor & Fields 1865. 1st US appearance Gimbel E27. Buff printed wrappers. VG some minor edgewear & soiling. Pp. 739 - 743. 8vo. <br/><br/>Proctor a poet for whom Dickens wrote this introduction/memoir to her work of poetry 'Legends and Lyrics' which was published posthumously by Bell and Daldy in 1866. This Dec 1865 Atlantic Monthly version by Ticknor & Fields no doubt from advance sheets and may have appeared prior to the book publication in the UK a preliminary advert notes the title is 'Nearly Ready'. An uncommon item. Ticknor & Fields unknown books
18683618.7Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. 1st publication Eckel p. 200; NCBEL III 825. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original front wrappers bound-in. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Minor extremity wear. Withal a handsome VG copy. Divers paginations. Binders blanks. Illustrated with 4 plates as supplied by the former owner. Tall 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>Dickens wrote this piece specifically for his close friend James T. Fields with this being its first appearance. The UK edition not published till 10 years later. Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
189510274London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co 1895. Printed grey wrappers. Gd front wrapper detached at spine/spine wear/internally VG. pp 10 - 14. Mounted photographs of Miss Violet Vanbrugh & Mr John Hare. 8vo. <br/><br/>Other articles & essays by Clement Scott Walter Pollock T. Edgar Pemberton Thomas Barclay Nellie Parker and W. J. Lawrence. Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co unknown books
188114351London: Published by Chapman and Hall 1881. Comprising 8 pen and ink drawings by Mahoney signed with monogram M; and 1 gray wash drawing and 2 watercolor drawings by Green signed CG. 1 vols. Various sizes. Matted and bound into an oblong folio album of red morocco gilt by Rivière & Sons front hinge repaired. A few of the drawings show some minor foxing otherwise fine. Comprising 8 pen and ink drawings by Mahoney signed with monogram M; and 1 gray wash drawing and 2 watercolor drawings by Green signed CG. 1 vols. Various sizes. 11 Green & Mahoney Drawings for Little Dorritt. Cf. Podeschi H1150; H1816a Published by Chapman and Hall unknown books
1852140941225London: Bradbury & Evans 1852. First Edition. Very Good. 1852 1853 1854 but 1851-1853. Three volumes. First edition in book form. Bound without ads in half crushed red morocco over marbled boards. Very Good. Bindings lightly rubbed spines faded owner names and bookplates at front. Dickens' anti-aristocratic and anti-monarchical history of England written for children. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
1854143931854. in Two Volumes. Boston: Jenks Hickling & Swan 1854. Original blind-stamped dark brown cloth with gilt-decorated spines. Early American edition just possibly the first complete one. Since Harper published the two volumes of its edition separately in March 1853 and in March 1854 so dated on the title pages it is considered to be the first American edition. The date in 1854 when these two Boston volumes were published is unknown so it is possible that this two-volume Boston edition came out earlier in 1854 than Harper's second volume. Jenks Hickling & Swan was a very "fluid" enterprise at the time such that their 1856 and 1857 two-volumes-in-one printings would be by Hickling Swan & Brown and their 1861 two-in-one printing would be by Swan Brewer & Tileston. This set is in very good-plus condition a few small holes in the cloth mainly at extremities or at joints; the gilt on the spines is unusually bright. Smith pp 116-119; Carr UTexas B500 in blue cloth; not cited by Podeschi. Provenance: both front free endpapers bear not only a contemporary signature but also the penciled signature of Dickens bibliographer Walter Smith; in fact this very copy is the one pictured on pages 117 and 118 of his book. unknown books
185621616Boston: Hickling Swan & Brown 1856. First Thus. Two 12mo volumes bound in one as issued; original brown blind-embossed cloth pictorial spine stamped in gilt. Extremities a bit rubbed with corners showing some small losses to cloth at spine foot else Very Good and sound. Contemporary ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown Joseph M. Smith. First American single-volume edition. Hickling, Swan & Brown unknown books
185413139.1Boston: Jenks Hickling & Swan 1854. 2nd US edition Edgar & Vail p. 27; Vander Poel B500. Original dark blue publishers' cloth with gilt spine lettering/decorations & boards stamped in blind. VG spines sunned/extremity wear. 2 volumes 332; 355 pp. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Not in Gimbel nor mentioned by Wilkins. Jenks Hickling & Swan hardcover books
18544125London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition. Fine. A Fine copy in original cloth with publisher's marbled edges and endpapers. Slight bit of sunning to spines but overall in beautiful unsophisticated condition. Collation and issue points conforming to Smith. Bookplates of two previous owners to front pastedowns of each. Internally clean and unmarked. Housed in a custom quarter morocco slipcase with chemise. A superior copy accompanied by an early James F. Drake description.<br/><br/>As the only book Dickens wrote specifically for children it occupies a unique place in his' oeuvre. "Dickens' intention for the book was made manifest in the dedication at the beginning of the first volume to his 'own dear children: Whom I hope it may help bye-and-bye to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject.' This makes the purpose clear. Dickens did not intend the book to supplant or rival those books by Keightley or Macaulay that preceded it. The book rather is intended by Dickens as an exciting or interesting study of the subject which will whet his children's -- and other children's -- appetites for English history and is designed to act as a springboard to discovery" Tearle. Thus while Dickens doesn't break new ground in uncovering or analyzing history he uses his novelistic abilities to make past figures feel more real more exciting and more present and to cast long-ago events as relevant to life in his own time. Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
1852005281London: Bradbury and Evans 1852 1853 and 1854. First edition first issue. Full Morocco. Cloth Slipcase. Fine. Beautiful full brown morocco set bound by Henry Sotheran of London with a blindstamped gilt cameo portrait as a centerpiece on each volume's front board a gilt impression of his autograph on each rear board and English or kingly devices stamped into the spine compartments a crown an abstract rose a fleur-de-lys an armorial lion. Original cloth front covers with gilt vignettes bound into respective volumes. With first issue points: "Christmas 1851" in Vol. I Dedication; missing "xi" for page number in this first volume; missing "6" for Chapter XXV Table of Contents of Vol. II. But does have "287" for page number of third volume. With ads in all volumes. Gilt edges. Gilt ruling. Light wear of custom cloth slipcase. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
1844140941524New York: Carey & Hart 1844. First Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with covers decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt illustrated with four hand-colored lithograph plates and four uncolored. Very Good with lean to spine. Cloth a little mottled and rubbed edge-worn with shallow chipping at spine and some loss to joints. Former owner names to preliminary pages and two owner bookplates to front paste down. Pages toned and occasionally spotted one uncolored illustration is creased. Carey & Hart unknown books
18442101009Harper & Brothers 1844. first. wrappers. very good. First US edition. Rare in original wrappers. Closed tear at left edge of front cover to spine from bottom to middle. Pieces missing at rear cover and last two pages some wear. Item very good. Harper & Brothers unknown books
18439027004London: Chapman and Hall 1843. 3rd edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in publisher's original red orange cloth with blind stamped covers and front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Four hand-colored plates by John Leech and four black and white wood engravings by W. J. Linton. A Christmas Carol has had an involved publishing history much to the delight of bibliographical detectives. According to John Eckel it was publishedon December 19th 1843 and sold 6000 copies on the first day. Before the end of the year eleven days later it was in the third edition with the combined number of copies of the second and third editions being estimated at only two to three thousand copies. This means that the second and third editions were at least two to three times scarcer than the first although not as complicated with the three states and trial copies that distinguished the first edition. During the haste of the early stages of production Dickens was trying to determine exactly how he wanted the book to appear and experimented with the color of end papers with red blue green and yellow eventually settling on yellow. On the title page he experimented with red green and blue eventually settling on red and blue as his preference. There were many textual errors corrected mostly in the second edition although not entirely. Binding variants were yet another issue. This copy has the title page printed in red and blue with the words "Third Edition" printed in blue. The end papers are yellow. This copy has the heading "Stave I" which was eventually changed to "Stave One." An error on page 49 line 2 was uncorrected remaining so in the third edition. It involved "and-bye ways" the hyphen being misplaced. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1844180718001New York: Carey & Hart 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with covers decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt illustrated with four hand-colored lithograph plates and four uncolored. Near Fine. A beautiful copy with cloth lightly rubbed with light wear at the corners and spine ends faint water splash to top edge of front cover ding across top edge. Previous owner name to title page and erased pencil to front end sheet and occasional age spotting to pages. Quite a remarkable example of this classic Dickens novel uncommon with the original cloth in such nice condition and housed in a custom clamshell case. Carey & Hart hardcover books
188713685.2Boston: Samuel E. Cassino 1887. 1st edition thus Hearn p. 175. Original publisher's embossed faux vellum spine with green cloth boards lettered & decorated with gilt stamping. TEG. Slight lean. Modest wear & soiling to binding. Long period poi to ffep. A VG copy. 2 121 3 blank pp. Frontis of Dickens 2-color chromolithographed t.p. & 23 inserted plates with illustrations by I. M. Gaugengigl & T. V. Chominski. 4to. 11-1/16" x 9-1/8" <br/><br/>Somewhat uncommon edition- not in Gimbel or Vander Poel and the last time we had a copy in stock was 2005. Samuel E. Cassino hardcover books
1848100525Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz jun 1848. First Tauchnitz editions. Christmas Carol with handcolored lithographed frontsipiece of Marley's Ghost and Scrooge after John Leech each work with its half-title. Together 5 works in one volume vols. 8vo. Nineteenth-century purple cloth gilt; spine faded. A bit of scattered foxing. First Tauchnitz editions. Christmas Carol with handcolored lithographed frontsipiece of Marley's Ghost and Scrooge after John Leech each work with its half-title. Together 5 works in one volume vols. 8vo. Tauchnitz Editions of Dickens' Christmas Books. A brilliant Sammelband of the first Tauchnitz editions of Dickens's Christmas books each set from advance proofs and issued essentially simultaneously with the first London editions. Todd & Bowden Tauchnitz A1Ab A3a A5a A6 A9a Bernh. Tauchnitz, jun unknown books
189017708Troy NY: Nims and Knight 1890. Decorative Cloth. Very Good . I.M. Gaugengigl and T.V. Chominski. Handsome 1890 edition of the Dickens classic issued in a larger Quarto format and lavishly illustrated thruout in full-page black-and-white and copper etchings by I.M. Gaugengigl and T.V. Chominski. All etchings in pristine condition and all including their original tissue-guards. The book is solid and VG in its duotone cloth with bright gilt-titling and decorative flourishes along the front panel and spine. A touch of light soiling to the panels otherwise clean as could be and internally very sharp with no writing or markings of any kind. A very presentable copy of this impressive late 19th century American edition published out of Troy NY. <br/><br/> Nims and Knight hardcover books
1843261870London: Chapman and Hall 1843. First. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece & 3 plates by John Leech all hand colored as issued; 4 woodcut text illustrations. 2 pages of undated ads at end. 166 pages. Small slim 8vo light brown vertically ribbed cloth stamped in blind with single line & decorative border; gilt wreath surrounding the title; spine with gilt lettering & ornaments gilt edges. London: Chapman & Hall 1843. First Edition.<br/><br/> First issue with red & blue title page mottled green end-papers & Stave I at the beginning of the text. The binding is stained and the hinges are cracked but otherwise a clean sound copy in a red morocco solander case.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
1846100485Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun 1846. First collected Tauchnitz edition. Hand-colored lithographed frontispiece by John Leech to Christmas Carol. General title-age series half-title half-titles to each story. 8vo 5-7/8 x 4-1/8 in.; 150 x 104 mm. Slight foxing throughout. Publisher's half calf gilt. Rubbed. First collected Tauchnitz edition. Hand-colored lithographed frontispiece by John Leech to Christmas Carol. General title-age series half-title half-titles to each story. 8vo 5-7/8 x 4-1/8 in.; 150 x 104 mm. Collected Tauchnitz edition compiled from the separate printings of the first three Dickens Christmas books. Todd & Bowden Tauchnitz 91Aa; Gimbel/Podeschi D3 Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun unknown books
